The question I get asked more than any other is ‘Please can you make Small Blue Thing into a movie?’ Well, no, I can’t. But you can.

I would LOVE for all the books to be made into films, absolutely love it, but it’s not down to me. The people who run the film studios decide which books they are going to adapt, and they have a lot of books to choose from. Because making films is really expensive they like to make ones which they know are going to appeal to a big audience, so books like Twilight or The Hunger Games, with a lot of fans, go to the top of the pile.

And that’s where you come in. The studios have told us that they like Small Blue Thing, that they think it is very filmable, they just need to be sure of the audience. So the more of you who watch the trailer on YouTube (here) or like the Facebook page (here) as well as borrow it from the library or get your own copy, the higher up the pile we go.

So over half term why don’t we see what we can do? Tell your friends on Facebook, get them to tell their friends, recommend the video and let’s see what happens. After all, if they make the film they are going to have to cast Alex and wouldn’t you like to be her?

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